12 people found this helpful. Modern economic systems typically allow for creation of a legal entity which is separate and distinct from a person but which is able to function in limited capacities to enter contracts, pay bills, and to be held liable for it's actions.
(The majority staff of the Benghazi Select Committee did not respond to requests for comment). Led by a an 18-member Republican staff, whose full time employees are paid an average of $128,750 per year, the Benghazi Select Committee has proceeded at a plodding pace. Thus far, it has held only three hearings and by the end of this week will have interviewed just 29 witnesses.
WATCH: The judge in Mike Duffy Senate expense scandal trial lost his patience and berated the Crown for failing to produce any substantive evidence after three weeks. Mike Le Couteur reports.OTTAWA â Mike Duffy billed the Senate $50 a night to stay with his own son in Vancouver during an allegedly fraudulent business trip that coincided with the birth of his grandchild, documents released at his criminal trial reveal. Duffy also charged the Senateâs standard $50 fee for private accommodation to stay with âfriends,â totalling $150 over three nights. 2  According to his diary, Duffy stayed at least one night with his son Gavin in Vancouver.